I have a program that generates a hash and starts passing it to misc subroutines for them to act on. I am trying to generate a return code from GPG encryption (one of the subroutines) and if it errors, have the return code be passed back out to the main subroutine which then prints an error and exits if the return code is "1". The problem Im having is that its not working - here is an ex of how its layed out: 
if (%hash = sub(%temphash) != 0)
{
 print "ERROR! - sumthin broke\n";
 $error = 1;
 exit;
}

(nothing important here)
return(1) if ($error != 0);

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where the subroutine just does the encryption of a text file and moves it to a different directory. I have the encryption subroutine exit and print $@ if it has a value, but the whole thing still exits... ideas? (I ask knowing you are prolly gonna want the actual code here, but sorry - its at work) oakley

In reply to return codes from embedded subroutines by oakley

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